City Centerville, Ohio Division Midwest Home arena South Metro Sports | League NA3HL Founded 2007 | |
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Owner(s) Ryan Colville
Jim Colville (minority) Arenas/Stadiums Sports Plus Arena, Cincinnati Gardens | ||
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The Cincinnati Thunder is a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team that competes in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team is based in Cincinnati but currently plays in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, and the team's home ice is the South Metro Sports.
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- Tyler geloneck 1997 goalie cincinnati thunder 2015 16 shootouts
- Evansville jr thunderbolts vs cincinnati thunder game highlights january 27th 2017
- Franchise history
- References
Evansville jr thunderbolts vs cincinnati thunder game highlights january 27th 2017
Franchise history
The team was previously known as the Queen City Steam from 2007 to 2013 after replacing the former Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones that had folded at the end of the previous season. In 2013, the Steam re-branded as the Cincinnati Swords after the merger of two youth hockey programs in the Cincinnati area. The Swords name is a homage to the former American Hockey League team of the same name. On August 14, 2014, the NA3HL approved the sale of the Cincinnati Swords to the Miami Valley Hockey Association owned by Ryan and Jim Colville.
On April 10, 2015, the Swords announced that it would be renamed and called the Cincinnati Thunder beginning with the 2015–16 season. On June 2, 2015 the Thunder announced that they will be playing out of the historic Cincinnati Gardens for the 2015–16 season. With the sale and closing of the Cincinnati Gardens in the summer of 2016, the team began playing home games at South Metro Sports in Centerville, Ohio, near Dayton, Ohio, for the 2016–17 season.